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Elimination of violence against women

Nov 26, 2024 Editorial, News

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Kaieteur News- Yesterday globally it was observed as International Day for the elimination of violence against women. The United Nations has stated that every 10 minutes, a woman is killed and that violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. According to the UN globally, almost one in three women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both, at least once in their life.

For at least 51,100 women in 2023, the cycle of gender-based violence ended with one final and brutal act—their murder by partners and family members. That means a woman was killed every 10 minutes, the UN has said. According to the UN, this scourge has intensified in different settings, including the workplace and online spaces, and has been exacerbated by conflicts, and climate change. The solution, the UN said lies in robust responses, holding perpetrators accountable, and accelerating action through well-resourced national strategies and increased funding to women’s rights movements.

In Guyana, crimes of passion are being committed against women, the young and the not so young by vicious men whenever a love triangle goes wrong. Not only should we be outraged about the abuse and murder of women, but we should end the vicious cycle of violence perpetrated against them. The government should do everything in its power to ensure that crimes of passion are reduced in the country by implementing stricter punishment on those who commit such brutal acts. There is no justification whatsoever for crimes against women, and men too, for that matter. They are despicable acts and cannot be justified no matter how hard the culprits try to defend their actions and behaviour.

The truth is the government cannot prevent crimes of passion but it can in some way implement community programmes help men who tend to explode in a jealous rage to overcome their emotions. We know that the problem exists and we must act to protect those who have jilted their partners from being murdered.

Some claimed that the murder of women by men can be traced back to the school system, where female students are outclassing males in almost every field of education. The situation is so perplexing that some, mostly Christians, have called for divine intervention to curb these murders. The scripture posits that faith without works is dead, which means that both action and divine inspiration are needed to help reduce these horrific killings. The people, the government, NGOs, women’s groups, the opposition and the media must mobilize and act to save women. We cannot surrender to any helplessness of wondering who will be next.

Perhaps one of the more pressing issues, given what has been happening to women is how do we identify and stem the toxic relationships in the short term and uplift the mindset of our young men? It is said that men who kill their partners do so out of jealousy and possessiveness.

While some have labeled such murders as crimes of passion, studies have shown that men who murder their female partners are intentional killers. They often had problematic childhoods and adult-hoods, alcohol or drug problems, broken homes, failure at school or were jobless. Even though some men who killed women had none of these problems, they, however, had the tendency to murder their partners.

As reported on several occasions, men tend to become very violent if their spouses or partners decide to end their relationship. Many have harboured the belief that women are their property and if they cannot have them, then no one else will. It is estimated that one-third of the murders in the country are domestic-violence related and most are committed by men. The only person who is to blame for a murder is the murderer. We must not under any circumstances condone murders but instead, society should devote more resources to stem the physical abuse and murder of women and at the same time improve the state and the mindset of men.

(Elimination of violence against women)

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